Personal data
Paolo Vestrucci (PV)was born in Forlì in 1953. He got the
degree of "Dottore in Ingegneria Nucleare" in 1976 at the Bologna University..
Professional career
PV had a research grant from ENEA (1977) and from CNR
(1978-1981) working at the Nuclear Engineering Laboratory of
Bologna University. In 1981/82 he has been a researcher at the
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, USA). Researcher at the
Nuclear Engineering Laboratory of Bologna University, since 1981,
he has been Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Energy, Nuclear and Environmental Control. Today he is Contract Professor. Paolo Vestrucci is President of NIER Ingeneria SpA.
Research Activity
1. Risk&Reliability analysis
The main topic is relevant to Monte Carlo techniques for system
and network analyses. Variance reduction techniques, sampling
methods and optimization are aspects of interest. Moreover,
importance measures are investigated.
Regarding other risk analysis applications, the following are
considered: terroristic risks, industrial activities implying major
risks, net risk and reliability analysis, dealing with the
integration of risks on the territorial basis.
2. Risk comparison
Quantitative indexes are developed for comparison purposes
between different risk aspects of individual life: labour, home,
sport, mobility,...
3. Energy
Methodological development and application of selection
criteria relevant to the Typical Meteorological Year
(TMY), for environmental and energy applications. Themes like
energy savings, solar energy and wind energy are considered,
as the gas dispersion in atmosphere. Finally, the dynamic of
primary energy penetration is deeply investigated.
